Washing-machine.



D. H. BASEHORE. WASHING MACHINE.

v APPLICATION FILED JAN. 13, 1908. 917,990. Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

DAVID H. BASHORE, OF DERRY CHURCH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DANIEL YINGS'I, OF HUMMELSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led January 13, 19118.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Serial N0. 410,618.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID H. BAsEHoRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Derry Church, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing machines.

The object of the invention is, in a practical manner, to improve and simplify the mechanism for oscillating the rubber, whereby materially to reduce the labor of operation, and to minimize the danger of breakage of the parts in use.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a washing machine as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is a view in vertical longitudinal section through a washing machine embodying the features of improvement of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of that portion of the rubber mechanism that is disposed within the body. Fig. 4 is a similar view of a portion of the rubber operating mechanism that is disposed exteriorly of the body.

The .body of the machine comprises, as usual, a suds-box 1, supported on suitable legs 2, and a cover 3 that is hinged at one end. to the suds-box, at 4. These parts of the machine may be of the usual or any preferred construction, and as they form no part of the present invention, except in so far as they coact with the rubber operating mechanism hereinafter described, further description is deemed unnecessary.

Arranged within the suds-box is a rubber 5, of any preferred construction, on the opposite sides of which are mounted arms 6 that are appropriately shaped to span the rubber and are provided at their lower ends with oriced branches 8 that are bolted to the sides of the rubber at 9. The upper ends of the arms are deflected approximately at ri ht angles to their length and are bolted or olierwise secured to the lower end of a rubber actuating bar 10, the upper end of which projects through a longitudinal orifice in a head block 11 that is arranged exteriorly of the cover. Adjacent to the lower end of each of the arms 6 is a laterally extending pintle 12 that constitutes a journal, these two journals being designed to engage seats or orifices in rectangular slide blocks 13 that are mounted in guides 14, which latter are provided with oriflced branches 15 that are bolted to the inner side of the cover, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. As shown in Fig. 8, the guides are closed at their lower ends by a plate 16 which serves to limit the downward movement of the slide blocks, while the upper ends of the guides are open to permit removal of the slide blocks when necessary.

In order to cause the rubber to exert the requisite pressure upon the contents of the suda-box, and also to yield vertically to compensate for the bulk of the contents, a coil spring 17 is provided, which is mounted upon the rubber bar 10 and bears at its upper end upon the under side of the head block 11 and at its lower end upon a transverse pin car ried by the bar. From this arrangement it will be seen that the rubber will be free to yield vertically, and at the same time to exert such pressure upon the contents of the suds box as to secure e'dective cleansing thereof. l

The head block 11 is provided on opposite sides with rollers 19 that are mounted upon pintles 20 projecting from the head blocks, and are designed to engage slotted tracks 21 supported upon the cover of the body. The means for securing the tracks to the cover, consists, in this instance, of standards 22 that are preferably integral with the tracks and are pro vided at their lower ends with branches or arms 23 disposed at right angles to the standards and having oriiices to receive bolts 24 by which the tracks are secured in position.

Projecting from one face of the head block is a pair of lugs 25 that are oriiced to receive a pin or shaft 26 that projects through one end of a link 27, the other end of which is pivotally connected with the handle or operatingl lever 28, the lower end of which is pivoted between a pair of brackets 29 secured at one end of the cover.

As stated at the outset of the specification, one of the objects of the invention is to reduce the labor of operating the rubber to a minimum, and this is secured by the proscribes a rectilinear instead of a curvilinear i motion, as usual, Whereby less labor vs'filllrei required to operate the rubber than with thearrangements :generally: is use.

All of the parts of the machine above described are constructed in"'the`si1`n`plest' and" strongest manner,` thereby insuring durability in l'usel With a niinirnurn"` danger" of' breakage. l

Having thusldescribe'd the invention' what Ais claiiiied'is; y Y 'L l. Inawashingmachine', a'body, thebot# toni" of" u'hich`l is` arcuate" in" cross"'sect`io'11} guidesse'cu rred upon theI oppositewalls lo'fsaid body,"'slide blocks'mount'ed iii-'the guid'esfto" limiti theI direction r of Irio'veiirenti,l an l arcu ateV LL'rubb er substantially concentric with the b`o't'vr` tom ofthe bodyin'mid position, corruga'l'- tiohsforined on said' b ody 'and rubb er, arms;- securedL tothe vrubb er and' carrying-laterally' proj 'ect'ing journals to' engage'fwith the slide'L movements upon the top cover and through -Which therubberfbar proj este, and means for "operatingrthehead :b loc-lcs;

2. In a Washing machine, a body, the bottori-15; 'offWhich is arcuate in cross section,

guides secured upon the opposite Walls of said bodyy,gslideblocks mounted in the'` guides-1:

Van arcuaterubber substantially concentric 'Withthebottnoftlebody in mid position, corrugations formed on said body and rub- "ber, arms secured tothe'-rubberf; fand'lhay--r 'inglater?ally?I projecting journals "to 1 engage the' slidefblocks; a44 rubbeibar? conneotedWitli the-Harms,` ae longitudinal-1511i moveoleErl heartE block'l supporteduponthe-cover 'offthe 'body 1 `and#through Whichfthef'rubberibar projects; a? spring carried byfthebariandwbearing1`l` against theundersideofthe head-block, and vmeans for reciprocating the head blocks.

Intestirnony`- thatllclaimftheflforegoingfas in the-presenceof twowitnesses; 1 j j y DAIDr Witnesso'sf. EMMA E. LANDIS, 

